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Published in: Current HIV/AIDS Reports 3/2011

01-09-2011

Adding Fuel to the Fire: Alcohol’s Effect on the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Judith A. Hahn, Sarah E. Woolf-King, Winnie Muyindike

Published in: Current HIV/AIDS Reports | Issue 3/2011

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Abstract

Alcohol consumption adds fuel to the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA has the highest prevalence of HIV infection and heavy episodic drinking in the world. Alcohol consumption is associated with behaviors such as unprotected sex and poor medication adherence, and biological factors such as increased susceptibility to infection, comorbid conditions, and infectiousness, which may synergistically increase HIV acquisition and onward transmission. Few interventions to decrease alcohol consumption and alcohol-related sexual risk behaviors have been developed or implemented in SSA, and few HIV or health policies or services in SSA address alcohol consumption. Structural interventions, such as regulating the availability, price, and advertising of alcohol, are challenging to implement due to the preponderance of homemade alcohol and beverage industry resistance. This article reviews the current knowledge on how alcohol impacts the HIV epidemic in SSA, summarizes current interventions and policies, and identifies areas for increased research and development.
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Metadata
Title
Adding Fuel to the Fire: Alcohol’s Effect on the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors
Judith A. Hahn
Sarah E. Woolf-King
Winnie Muyindike
Publication date
01-09-2011
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current HIV/AIDS Reports / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1548-3568
Electronic ISSN: 1548-3576
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-011-0088-2

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